Chapter 268: The War Ends
On the fourth day of the first month of the sixth year of Jingzheng, although the weather was still very cold, the army of the Yu Dynasty went out again, first of all, the vanguard troops of the Di people led by Lin Quan went out first to attack the country of Pasilia, and the Di people lived in the north and were not afraid of the cold.
Lin Quan and the others entered the territory of Pasilia, and the original military stronghold of Auschwitz City was now garrisoned by the remnants of the army.
When they arrived at the city, the remnants of the army surrendered.
Lin Quan repaired, mainly prepared the winter clothes, and then went west along the avenue to the capital of Pasilia.
The capital was heavily defended by Grand Duke Michel, and the Linquan cavalry was not easy to attack the city, so they collected supplies near the city, drove the nearby people into the city, and consumed the city's rations.
Archduke Michel also sent men to ask for help from his brother-in-law, Cairo IV, who personally led the only 60,000 troops in the city to the north.
This news was known to Lin Quan on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Quan saw this situation, and had a plan, when collecting materials, he deliberately revealed that they were encircling the point to send reinforcements, and when Cairo IV arrived in the city, the Yu Dynasty army wanted to annihilate both sides.
At this point, Lin Quan also used the stove reduction meter, deliberately letting the scouts know that his army had been divided into other places to collect, and now the troops were less than 10,000 people.
As for Lin Quan, he also showed arrogance, thinking that Archduke Michel only dared to stay in the city and did not dare to go out of the city.
Under the inducement of Lin Quan, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when Lin Quan was collecting in a place northwest of the city, 20,000 heavy cavalry in the city of Grand Duke Michel left the city.
The troops led by Lin Quan were only 5,000 people, and Michel asked all the knights to line up and prepare to annihilate Lin Quan.
Lin Quan led the troops to retreat, and when the heavy cavalry charge was over, and when he was only fifty paces away from the Di cavalry, the Di people began to fly kites.
Because Grand Duke Michel was a heavy cavalryman, the Di people played the ability to shoot people and horses first, so that the heavy cavalry lost mobility.
Then, a quarter of an hour later, the heavy cavalry of the Di people suddenly came out from behind.
After the heavy cavalry of the Grand Duke Michel fell from their horses, because of their heavy armor and inconvenient movement, they were like wooden men, and they were harvested by the horse pistol and heavy sword.
Seeing that he was cornered, Grand Duke Michel could only lead the heavy cavalry and launched a final charge.
In this battle, Michel's heavy cavalry army was annihilated, and the Di heavy cavalry did not leave any alive.
Lin Quan looked at the heavy cavalry of the Di people, and couldn't help but smile, in the last battle of Mogoda, this coalition army left a lot of equipment, and Lin Quan also made a knight with the Di people, and now it seems that the effect is very good.
However, Lin Quan didn't have time to sigh, he went to the capital first, and the capital saw that the eldest princess was defeated, so he opened the city gate, and Lin Quan and the others entered the city smoothly.
At first, Lin Quan also restrained military discipline, hoping that these people could help defend the city in order to deal with the siege of Cairo IV.
However, on the eighteenth day of the first month, Lin Quan received news that Cairo IV had led the army back after learning of the annihilation of the army of Archduke Michel.
So Lin Quan was not polite, the Di people carnivaled in the city for five days, and then surrendered the nobles of the Pasilia country one by one, and the nobles who were unwilling to send troops were the objects of the Di people's carnival.
On the 19th of February, a month of carnival, Lin Quan took 40,000 cavalry south, as for the princess of Xiangguo.
Before they set out, on February 16, the princess of Xiangguo arrived at the gateway of the imperial capital, Prague, the capital of Portia, which was the last key, as long as he was opened, the court could enter the east.
However, this time the army of Xiangguo was greatly hindered, and the country of Portia united with the Holy Yahweh Empire, and the empire sent three major knights, and the Nestorian Sect also sent the Holy Knights.
This time, the forces on the east side of Xirong condensed again, claiming to be millions, but there were actually 200,000, and they did not defend the city, but went out of the city to fight a decisive battle.
It was difficult for Lei Zhenzi of the imperial court to play a role in front of the cavalry, and the siege equipment became an ornament.
As for the knights of the allied forces, every time they go out to fight, they are slightly inferior, but fortunately, Yu Chao's arrow array is powerful, otherwise they would have been defeated and retreated.
On the second day of the third month, the Knights of Xijon attacked again, and after losing 30,000 knights, the court began to retreat.
The Knights of Xijon learned of the retreat of the imperial court on the third day of the new year, so they attacked on the order of the commander Caesar, preparing to annihilate the imperial court.
At noon on the third day of the first lunar month, the main force of the Xirong Knights caught up with the imperial army, and the imperial army saw that it could not retreat, so it turned to fight.
When the battle between the two sides was stalemate, the morale of the mercenary group of the imperial court plummeted, and when it was about to cause a rout, Lin Quan's army arrived smoothly.
Lin Quan's 20,000 heavy cavalry launched a charge against the Xijon Knights, like an indestructible sword, cutting off the Xijon Knights in one fell swoop.
When Caesar saw this, he did not dare to retreat, but led his subordinates to continue to attack the commander's tent of the Yu Dynasty's army, preparing to turn defeat into victory.
After the arrival of Lin Quan's soldiers, it did not cause the rout of the main knight order, so the two sides fell into a stalemate.
At this time, some stragglers of Portia, dissatisfied with the carnival of the imperial army, formed an army of 20,000 and joined in.
Seeing that the imperial court was about to face the biggest rout, suddenly the familiar sound of a conch sounded behind the Yu Dynasty.
Xiangguo Gong looked behind from the high platform, only to see the smoke and dust covering the sky, and a big cloud appeared in front of him.
The four big characters of the Son of Heaven axe were written on the big scroll, and Xiangguo Gong couldn't help but say excitedly: "Gentlemen, the main force of the imperial army has arrived, and we have won." ”
Caesar also noticed this situation and ordered that regardless of casualties, the tent must be captured.
It's a pity that a quarter of an hour later, the Yu Dynasty Iron Cavalry had already reached the battlefield, and the side was missing, and the collapsed Xirong Knights hurriedly left from this side.
They didn't know that this was a classic tactic in the Central Plains, surround three queyi, so they hurriedly fled.
The new army of the Yu Dynasty chased the dead to the north, took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the blood flowed and drifted.
On the evening of the third day of the first lunar month, the army of the Yu Dynasty besieged the city again, and the soldiers and civilians in the city panicked, and Cairo IV sent a blood-stained sword to the imperial capital west of Xirong, warning the countries west of Xirong, now the land of the Far East, brought blood and destruction, if the countries of Xirong are not united, then Xijon will only be destroyed by the countries of the Far East.
That night, Lin Quan Xiangguo Gong and others entered the handsome tent to see Concubine Ping and the eldest prince.
Concubine Ping praised their exploits, this battle has not tasted defeat, and the famous generals of the ancient times are nothing more than that.
Xiangguo Gong hurriedly said that if Concubine Ping hadn't arrived in time today, then he would have been defeated at this stop and would have lost face in the court.
"Su Guogong single-handedly confronted the Xirong tribes, although he was defeated, he was still glorious."
The eldest prince hurriedly praised the merits of Xiangguogong, and after Xiangguogong heard it, he was ashamed and didn't even dare to say it.
The eldest prince also praised Lin Quan and Li Haiyu, and Lin Quan, as a superintendent, first broke the Teutonic principality, so that this Xirong power did not dare to go south. Secondly, he attacked the enemy camp at night and killed 100,000 enemies. The final pacification of the Duchy of Pasilia is a rare feat among literati.
As for Li Haiyu, who took the lead and fought bravely, he was a model for all the generals.
After the appreciation, Concubine Ping said to Xiangguo Gong: "When will this city be broken?" ”
Xiangguo Gong said that there are still 30,000 to 50,000 knights in the city, and now that the imperial army has arrived, then these cavalry are not to be afraid.
On the fourth day of the first month, Xiangguo Gong began to attack the city, Caesar in the city looked at the siege equipment, and couldn't help but regret very much, he was busy chasing the Yu army yesterday, since he forgot to move these things into the city.
The lieutenant comforted Caesar that if the Yu Dynasty army was annihilated in one fell swoop, these things could naturally be slowly moved into the city.
After the adjutant general comforted him, he asked Caesar what to do now, now that the army of the Yu Dynasty had been assembled, it was not a way for them to defend the city.
After thinking about it for a while, that night, he and Cairo IV led the remaining knights in the city to break through the siege and flee to the imperial capital at night.
When they ran, the capital was empty, and the next day, Concubine Ping personally led an army into the city with Ulysses IV.
On the 10th of March, the repaired army continued westward, and along the way, without encountering any obstacles, all the nobles in the fiefdom supported their new emperor.
When the army arrived at the imperial capital, the imperial capital city wall had three layers, one layer was higher than the other, and the outermost one was three zhang high.
The puppet emperor Constantine was not ready to surrender, and summoned 30,000 soldiers from the imperial capital to defend the city.
Because the imperial capital was surrounded by water on three sides, and the Yu Dynasty did not have a naval army, it could only attack one side.
This city wall is quite thick, even if it is thunderous, there are only slight cracks when it hits it.
This trebuchet was cast for a day, and the effect was not very good, but Concubine Ping didn't care, and told Xiangguo Gong that now the imperial court has been waiting for two years, and it doesn't hurt to wait another month.
Three days later, even if it was made of iron and stone, it couldn't resist it, and after an outer city wall collapsed, Concubine Ping asked the mercenary group to go first.
After a day of repeated tug-of-war, the outer city wall still did not fall into the hands of the Yu Dynasty.
However, everyone knows in their hearts that it is only a matter of time before this outer city wall falls into the hands of the Yu Dynasty.
The next day, this time Concubine Ping let the martial arts people and mercenaries mingle, and at noon, the outer city wall fell, and the Yu army advanced the trebuchet again and began to assist.
In the evening, the Yu Dynasty did not attack the inner city wall and could only withdraw its troops.
The next day, the army of the imperial capital did not defend and repair the broken outer city walls, and when Concubine Ping saw this, she concluded that the city was already understaffed.
So the imperial court launched a fierce attack, at noon, the inner city wall fell, an hour later, the last city wall fell, and by this moment the imperial capital was no longer in danger.
In the evening of the same day, the ministers of the court had no choice but to surrender, and according to the rules of the Yu Dynasty, they went to the city gate in person to greet Ulysses IV. As for the puppet emperor Constantine, he had already fled by water, presumably to the imperial capital to the west.
At the moment when Ulysses sat on the throne, the first westward expedition of the Yu Dynasty, which lasted more than two years, finally came to a successful end.